Norfolk - Pulham St. Mary Magdalen

PULHAM ST. MARY MAGDALEN, a populous and pleasant village 4 miles N.W. of Harleston, has 253 houses, 1,414 souls, of whom 311 are returned as in the Depwade Union workhouse. The parish includes many scattered houses, and has 2596 acres of land, of which the commons called Bush-green, Colegate-end, and Grisham-green, were enclosed in 1838-9. It is mostly comprised in Robt. Copeman, Esq's. manor of Pulham, (fines arbitrary,) and had anciently a weekly market, and was noted for the manufacture of hats, dornecks, coverlets, &c. A cattle fair is held on the third Thursday in May. Here is a large establishment for the manufacture of organs, belonging to Mr. Joseph Bullen, who has sent several fine instruments to London, and other places. The Church is a large edifice, with a tower and six bells, and its curacy is consolidated with Pulham St. Mary the Virgin, as already noticed. The Hall, anciently the seat of the Percy family, is now the property of Laverack Leggett, Esq. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here. The Town Estate consists of two farm houses and 66a. of land, and three cottages ; out of the rents £18 is paid in support of a Sunday school, and the remainder is distributed in coals and clothing among the poor. About the year 1832, the overseers enclosed 29a. from the wastes to be cultivated by the poor, by spade husbandry. Post Office at Mrs. Eliz. Palmer's. Letters arrive at 9 a.m., and are despatched at 4.30 p.m.